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'Superkraut'

frustrated retaliation,
bludgeoned North Vietnam
with bombs."

"Superkraut, my man, your
losing your touch. Simply say
that the North, through
deceptive and unscrupulous
offensive charades, attempted
to humiliate me, and the whole
team before the entire world."

"Right chief. . . The
truth!" his two aids chimed
harmoniously.

"One more thing, before I
go back out on the field,"
Kissinger queried, "should I
tell the press victory, or peace
is out of hand, under foot, or
in flight?"

"Well Hank," the President
mused, with a de Sade
wrinkled smile, "I've been in
conference with Jimmy The
Greek all morning, talked
extensively with Coach Allen,
and after lengthy and
deliberate deliberation, have
made my decision."

"That is. . ?" Kissinger
asked.

"Tell the press, 'As the
Redskins go, so goes the War'."